“Makes a Little Money and Fills People’s Ego”: Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin Makes Feelings Very Clear on Exclusion From Netflix Doc ‘Any Given Saturday’

Lane Kiffin has always told it like it is, and his recent comments on Netflix’s college football docu-series “Any Given Saturday” prove that once again. The Ole Miss head coach made his case obvious about why he would not be a subject in the Netflix Documentary.

“I’ve just always been against it. It makes a little money and fills peoples’ ego to be on TV and stuff but I just look at it from a team perspective, I don’t think it’s good,” Lane Kiffin stated bluntly when discussing Netflix’s college football documentary series.

When pressed further about his decision to avoid documentary participation, Kiffin elaborated on his reasoning.

“I’ve never been a fan of those things when they come in and over years of watching them I just think it’s really hard for coaches not to be phony in that when there is a camera in front of you and you know it’s going to be on air.”

Kiffin elaborated on his reasoning and how it could be detrimental to his coaching staff. He fears coaches use an appearance in a documentary as an audition tape for a job search. He went on to speak about his the cameras might serve as a distraction to the postion coaches who may end up coaching differently than they usually would.

This shows that the longstanding coach is most concerned with preserving the real culture he has established in Mississippi, and that the cameras change the way coaches engage players and staff. Kiffin wishes to remain consistent in what he shows publicly and how he coaches players privately.

Coaching Continuity Sets Ole Miss Apart Under Lane Kiffin

The 50-year-old coach has put a significant amount of work into creating continuity at Ole Miss. His commitment to authenticity goes beyond media engagements and bleeds into recruiting and everyday business.

“We’re unique in how we are and that’s a big part in what we tell the guys – what you see is what you get here,” Kiffin explained.

This commitment to continuity has become part of his recruiting message. Kiffin also said that his program does not “recruit one way and then coach a different way.”

Now in his sixth season at Ole Miss, he is moving toward a sustainable program rather than making headlines.

Kiffin has kept more of his staff in Oxford than any coach before him. Coordinators Charlie Weis Jr. and Pete Golding are back for another season, and they have the kind of continuity that even the best programs have difficulty maintaining.

Meanwhile, preseason polls have Ole Miss 15th in the SEC, which is indicative of respect for a rebuilt roster. The game atmosphere in Oxford will be intense this season as the schedule contains road games at Georgia and home games vs. LSU, Florida, and South Carolina.

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